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Wall Street took the post­pone­ment of the U.S.-Chi­na tar­iff dead­line in stride and re­fo­cused on in­fla­tion num­bers ar­riv­ing Tues­day that may play an out­sized roll in the de­ci­sion by the Fed­er­al Re­serve about weath­er to cut rates, as Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump is de­mand­ing, or stand pat.

Fu­tures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones In­dus­tri­al Av­er­age and Nas­daq were all near­ly un­changed be­fore the bell.

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump signed an ex­ec­u­tive or­der late Mon­day putting on hold a pos­si­ble show­down be­tween the world’s two ma­jor economies to al­low 90 more days for more talks on a broad trade agree­ment. With­out an ex­ten­sion, tax­es on Chi­nese im­ports might have jumped from an al­ready high 30%.